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Oak Hairstreak

Satyrium favonius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 114, February 109, March 124, April 543, May 553, June 70, July 63, August 65, September 77, October 82, November 107, December 104.
United States3,228
Texas1,298
Canada184
Ontario184
Georgia154
New York78
Ohio71
Massachusetts69
Alabama65
South Carolina56

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusSatyrid Hairstreaks · Satyrium

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